1. Timea Bacsinszky v Barbora Strycova (USO, R1) For the first time this year, Timea Bacsinszky is struggling. The Swiss player has had a tremendous year up till now, moving up 34 places in the rankings since the end of 2014. However, she is currently on a four match losing streak extending back to Wimbledon. Each loss…
Did someone speed up time or something because I can’t believe that the US Open is only a week away. The final tournament before the women head to Flushing Meadows is the Connecticut Open in New Haven. There have been string of withdrawals with the likes of Garbiñe Muguruza, Sloane Stephens, Belinda Bencic and Ekaterina…
The first round of Cincy begins on Monday and there is plenty to look forward to over the next week. As always, I will be endeavouring to cover all the WTA action. Please note I will be posting my predictions each day HERE so you can follow my progress… last week was hilariously bad but…
Perhaps it’s just me but this is my FAVOURITE of the women’s quarter-finals. Garbine Muguruza and Timea Bacsinszky have reached back-to-back quarter-finals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon which is an awesome effort from both. Even more noteworthy is that Muguruza and Bacsinszky had never previously made it past the second round at Wimbledon. Both Garbine…
1. Caroline Wozniacki v Garbine Muguruza (Wimbledon, R4) Say hello to a fourth rounder on grass between Caroline Wozniacki and Garbine Muguruza, which will be second up on Court No.2. Muguruza upset Angelique Kerber for the second straight Slam, coming through an INCREDIBLE first set before unleashing a treasure chest of winners in the decider…
1. Timea Bacsinszky v Sabine Lisicki (Wimbledon, R3) Third round joy. This is ANOTHER potentially compelling match-up to look forward to on Saturday which involves the 2013 Wimbledon finalist, Sabine Lisicki up against Timea Bacsinzky. Before the tournament began, I had no idea what Timea’s credentials were like on grass and having missed both her…
Please note that during Wimbledon, predictions for all matches each day will be uploaded to a tab at the top of the page instead of appearing in daily previews. For the WTA click HERE and ATP click HERE. I’m going to be at Wimbledon on Monday (Court 3) and Friday (Court 1) so i’ll have…
The second of the women’s semi-finals at Roland Garros on Thursday will see the world number one, Serena Williams take on the world number 24, Timea Bacsinszky. Before this week, the third round was Timea’s best showing at a Grand Slam. By virtue of reaching her first ever Grand Slam semi-final, Bacsinszky will crack the…
There have been some wonderful stories at this year’s Roland Garros and none more so than a Grand Slam quarter-final between Timea Bacsinszky and Alison Van Uytvanck. The pair have both broke new ground this week; Bacsinszky had never made it past the third round of a Grand Slam while Van Uytvanck had only ever…
1. Petra Kvitova v Timea Bacsinszky (RG, R4) The second quarter of the women’s draw has thrown up some wonderful storylines with three of the four players reaching the second week of a Grand Slam for the first time in their career. Timea Bacsinszky achieved that feat with a tactically superb performance to defeat an…
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